A Country You Can Leave

“A Country You Can Leave” is an exciting debut novel by Asale Angel-Ajani. The story follows sixteen-year-old Lara and her mother Yevgenia, who find themselves in a dangerous living situation at the Oasis Mobile Estates. Lara, the Black biracial daughter of a Russian mother, navigates her complex identity and the challenges of her unstable life with Yevgenia, who is fiercely independent and often leaves Lara to fend for herself.